tendwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tendwa (infinitive kutendwa)

1. Passive form of -tenda: to be done, to be carried out

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tendwa
Positive present -natendwa Subjunctive -tendwe Negative -tendwi Imperative singular tendwa
Infinitives
Positive kutendwa Negative kutotendwa
Imperatives
Singular tendwa Plural tendweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutendwa Positive past positive subject concord + -litendwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kutendwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natendwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninatendwa/natendwa tunatendwa 2nd person unatendwa mnatendwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatendwa wanatendwa other classes positive subject concord + -natendwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tendwi) Singular Plural 1st person sitendwi hatutendwi 2nd person hutendwi hamtendwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatendwi hawatendwi other classes negative subject concord + -tendwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatendwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tatendwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tendwe) Singular Plural 1st person nitendwe tutendwe 2nd person utendwe mtendwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atendwe watendwe other classes positive subject concord + -tendwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitendwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetendwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetendwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitendwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitendwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atendwa) Singular Plural 1st person natendwa twatendwa 2nd person watendwa mwatendwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atendwa watendwa m-mi(III/IV) watendwa yatendwa ji-ma(V/VI) latendwa yatendwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatendwa vyatendwa n(IX/X) yatendwa zatendwa u(XI) watendwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatendwa pa(XVI) patendwa mu(XVIII) mwatendwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -metendwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatendwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatendwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitendwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotendwa Consecutive katendwa / positive subject concord + -katendwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katendwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitendwa -tutendwa 2nd person -kutendwa -watendwa/-kutendweni/-watendweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtendwa -watendwa m-mi(III/IV) -utendwa -itendwa ji-ma(V/VI) -litendwa -yatendwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitendwa -vitendwa n(IX/X) -itendwa -zitendwa u(XI) -utendwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutendwa pa(XVI) -patendwa mu(XVIII) -mutendwa Reflexive -jitendwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tendwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tendwaye -tendwao m-mi(III/IV) -tendwao -tendwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tendwalo -tendwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tendwacho -tendwavyo n(IX/X) -tendwayo -tendwazo u(XI) -tendwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tendwako pa(XVI) -tendwapo mu(XVIII) -tendwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tendwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetendwa -otendwa m-mi(III/IV) -otendwa -yotendwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lotendwa -yotendwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotendwa -vyotendwa n(IX/X) -yotendwa -zotendwa u(XI) -otendwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotendwa pa(XVI) -potendwa mu(XVIII) -motendwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.